Lady Newton held off a determined challenge from Creme Delight to capture Wednesday’s feature at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, a $12,100 filly & mare conditioned pace.
Lady Newton took the field through a 1:24 three-quarters in the slop, but when Creme Delight angled off the cones nearing the final turn, the battle was on. Aaron Merriman kept Lady Newton to her task, and she defeated Creme Delight by a half-length in 1:52.4. Slick Artist A finished third.
Bill Bercury trains Lady Newton, a five-year-old daughter of Sweet Lou-Im Sassy who now has banked $199,828, for Renee Bercury.
Elsewhere on Wednesday’s card, Doug Snyder collected career win 6,500 when he piloted Prancing Queen to victory in the fourth race. Snyder has amassed more than $30.75 million in purses as a driver and more than $6 million as a trainer.
Jeremy Indof, Hunter Myers and Mike Wilder joined Merriman with two wins on the 12-race card.
Live harness racing at The Meadows continues Thursday, when the 12-race program features a $1,954.10 carryover in the Early Pentafecta (Race 4). First post is 12:45 p.m.
(Meadows Standardbred Owners Association)